Mcb 354 exam 3 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What are the linear polysaccharides? - ACCURATE ANSWERS amylose, cellulose What are the branched polysaccharides? - ACCURATE ANSWERS glycogen and starch How do you calculate the amount of stereoisomers in a sugar? - ACCURATE ANSWERS n chiral centers= 2^n stereoisomers What denotes a D sugar from an L sugar in the linear conformation? - ACCURATE ANSWERS D: last OH group on right L: last OH group on left What are epimers? - ACCURATE ANSWERS stereoisomers that differ only in configurat...